RUMI DAYS

Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated by Coleman Barks

Friday, December 17, 2010

A Mouse and a Frog (2)

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Illustration for an Aesop's fable found here But one day the mouse complains, There are times when I want sohbet , and you're out i...
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

A Mouse and a Frog (1)

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Photo of frog rescuing a mouse found here ;  it was shot in the flood waters of a 2006 Indian moonsoon A mouse and a frog meet every mornin...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Wean Yourself

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Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo, whose nourishment comes in blood, move to an infa...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The Nightwatchman (2)

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Night Shadows, by Edward Hopper   The nightwatchman knows the way from body to soul, how soul moves in stomach bile, in blood and semen, in ...
Monday, December 13, 2010

The Nightwatchman (1)

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Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper   I sit by the side of one who watches like the stars at night without sleeping watch. My friend sits on the r...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

A Dying Dog

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A Woman Bathing, Rembrandt van Rijn A dog is dying on the road. A man is weeping beside him. A beggar comes by. Why the tears? This dog hu...
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

One Swaying Being

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Love is not condescending, never that, nor books, nor any marking on paper, nor what people say of each other. Love is a tree with branche...
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